Christoph Daum: Difference between revisions

'''Christoph Paul Daum''' (24 October 1953 – 24 August 2024) was a German professional [[Association football|football]] manager and player. As a manager, he won eight trophies with clubs from Germany, Turkey and Austria. In 1992, he won the [[Bundesliga]] championship with [[VfB Stuttgart]]. In the Bundesliga, he also led [[1. FC Köln]] to two and [[Bayer 04 Leverkusen]] to three second places. He won further national championships with the Turkish clubs [[Beşiktaş J.K.|Beşiktaş]] and [[Fenerbahçe S.K. (football)|Fenerbahçe]] as well as [[FK Austria Wien|Austria Wien]]. In 2000, a drug scandal prevented his appointment as [[Germany national football team|German national coach]].

Following the [[UEFA Euro 2000]], Daum was designated to take over the role as manager of the [[Germany national football team|Germany national team]] the following year. At the same time, the press reported rumours that Daum engaged in "cocaine-fuelled orgies with prostitutes".<ref>{{cite news |title=Daum: threatenedI took cocaine |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/1114006.stm |publisher=BBC Sport |date=12 January 2001 |access-date=12 February 2012}}</ref> The pressure grew when [[Bayern Munich]] manager [[Uli Hoeneß]] publicly claimed that the cocaine rumors against Daum were true. Daum criticized the accusations of Hoeneß and parts of the press, and gaveannounced that he would prove his innocence with a hair samplessample. toOn 20 October 2000, it became known that the authoritieshair tosample convincehad everybodytested aboutpositive for cocaine use. Daum then resigned from his innocenceposition at Bayer Leverkusen. TheAlso, sampleshis showedagreement thatto hebecome national team manager was aannulled cocaineby userthe but[[German heFootball toldAssociation]] on 21 October 2000, and [[Rudi Völler]], the pressthen interim coach, was given the formal job.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hooper |first=John |date=2000-10-23 |title=First politics, now German sport tainted by scandal |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2000/oct/23/football.europeanfootball |access-date=2024-09-13 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> At first, Daum still claimed that the hairs were not his. However, oneOne year later, after a period out of the public eye and facing the prospect of jail time, Daum admitted he had used cocaine.<ref>{{cite news |title=Daum: I took cocaine |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/1114006.stm |publisher=BBC Sport |date=12 January 2001 |access-date=12 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/may/20/seven-deadly-sins-football-gluttony-part-two|title=Seven Deadly Sins|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date= 2 November 2009 | date=20 May 2009}}</ref> Meanwhile, his agreement to become national team manager was annulled by the [[German Football Association]] on 21 October 2000, and [[Rudi Völler]], the then caretaker, was given the formal job.{{cn|date=August 2024}}

* [[Bundesliga]]: [[1991–92 Bundesliga|1991–92]]<ref name="kicker_meister">{{cite web | url = https://www.kicker.de/christoph-daum/trainer | title = Christoph Daum | language = de | website = kicker.de | access-date = 25 August 2024}}</ref>

* [[DFL-Supercup]]: [[1992 DFB-Supercup|1992]]<ref name="kicker_meister" />

*[[Turkish Cup]]: 1993–94, runner up [[2001–02 Turkish Cup|2001–02]]

*[[Turkish Super Cup]]: 1993–94, runner up 1994–95

*[[Süper Lig]]: [[2003–04 Süper Lig|2003–04]], [[2004–05 Süper Lig|2004–05]], runner up [[2005–06 Süper Lig|2005–06]], [[2009–10 Süper Lig|2009–10]]